I'm trying to set up Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services. I open the Reporting Services Configuration Manager, and it asks for a Server name. Thing is, I don't know the server name, because as far as I know haven't set a report server up yet. So, how do you set one up for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2? There seems to be plenty of documentation out there how to configure one, but not how to install a new instance.
Server name is the name of the database server. You first have to install SQL server on the server you want to use and then install Reporting Services. When installing SSRS you specify the name of the SQL Server.
It does not have to be on the same machine of course.
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So i just installed the Server Management and when i try to connect to server it gives me an error. I went to SQL Server Configuration Manager and there i dont have nothing. I have empty lists where the server instances should be. So i dont have any running local server.
So someone can tell me how i'm suppose to set some server instance or what i'm doing wrong ?
I installed the Server Management on Windows 7, 32-bit OS, and i need exacly this version of 2008 and i dont need the updated versions at this point.
SQL Server Management tool is just a GUI for you SQL Server. SQL Server is a separate installation. If you are trying to control a remote SQL Server you will need to add that to the management UI, local servers should show up automatically if you install SQL Server locally.
You can download SQL Server 2008 - Express Edition from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30438
It will install SQL Server which your Management Studio can connect.
I wanted to use Microsoft SQL Server and thereby installed a fresh copy of Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 2012. It was an automatic installation and did not ask me for a server name. Right now, I'm stuck at the login screen and not sure what to put as the server name.
I happened to refer few previously posted questions and tried using ".\SQLExpress" as the Server Name, but the following error was displayed
What could be the possible Server Name ?
PS: The system name is "CBEUG".
SQL Management Studio is just that - the management studio tools. It is not the SQL Server itself. For that, you will need to install the SQL Server package.
If you can't see a SQL Server services in Services, it is not installed.
In the Server Name field (where you type the server name) you also have a scroll box with "Browse database..." (or something like that according to the version). That's where all of your databases are so you don't have to remember their names.
Good luck!
Well I was facing same issue and when i have done something like this
Server name : "your computer user name"\SQLExpress
and use your user name and password that you have given while installing the SQL studio.
it will work.
By default it takes the name of the computer
say if the computer name is B,then enter B as server's name with windows authentication
Is it possible to install SSRS and SQL Server database on separate servers, or should these two be installed on the same server?
Thanks
In order to have Reporting Services on your application server, you would have to use a SQL-Server license. You can install just the Reporting Services section of SQLServer, but it is still technically part of the SQL Server application and requires a license for use on that processor(s).
So yes, you can install it on another server.
Yes, you can install only the advanced services, but that still counts as full server., so it requires a full license.
Yes, you can install an Express Edition (with advanced services) on another server for free.
But... the express edition SSRS can't access a non-localhost database (technical limitations of express & web edition).
You can try to circumvent that with linked-servers, but you need to duplicate every used stored procedure, view, table etc., so it's an impractical mess.
The answer to your question is thus: Technically, yes - but actually NO, not without another license.
That extra-installation is gonna cost USD 1'000+ per month.
Yes, you can install SSRS and a SQL Server database on different servers. While the default installation tries to install both, you can select to install them separately.
MSDN links:
Considerations for Installing Reporting Services
Installing SQL Server Reporting Services
From MSDN article Considerations for Installing Reporting Services:
Select Database Engine Services in the Feature Selection page to host
the report server databases. Reporting Services requires a local or
remote instance of SQL Server 2005 or SQL Server 2008 Database Engine
to host the report server databases. If you install an instance of the
Database Engine concurrently with Reporting Services, you can
eliminate a post-Setup task by installing the default configuration,
which creates and configures the report server databases
automatically. In addition to hosting the report server databases, SQL
Server relational databases can also be a source of data for reports
and models.
You could install SSRS in a new server, but to do so you would need a new license for this other server.
From Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Licensing Guide:
"The software components of a single SQL Server 2014 license cannot be separated for use in more than one OSE. If these components are running on a server other than the main database server, then an additional license is required for each additional OSE in which they are installed. For example, if the SQL Server DB is deployed in one OSE and SQL Server RS is deployed in another, both OSEs must be fully licensed for SQL Server 2014 accordingly."
Link to download the guide:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=230678
I have downloaded SQL SERVER MANAGEMENT STUDIO but SQL SERVER AGENT is not found.
Should I install it separately?
Can anybody tell me the link where SQL SERVER AGENT is available as a Freeware to download it?
The agent is not visible if you use SQL Server Management Studio Express to connect to an SQL Server. You need to install the client tools that come with the server setup to get SQL Server Management Studio.
If you are using SQL Server Express, it has no agent.
SQL Server Agent is a service of SQL Server, not SQL Server Management Studio (which is, in and of itself, an administration tool).
Since SQL Server Agent is part of SQL Server, it's not free. You can learn about creating a job in SQL Server Agent here.
What, pray tell, are you actually trying to do?
You (or your company) will need to purchase the full version of SQL server in order to use this functionality.
The other option is to find the command-line instruction that will achieve what you want and then use Windows Task Scheduler to run the command on the schedule you want.
Does anyone know if it is possible to install SQL 2000 Reporting Services Server side by side with SQL 2005 Reporting Services Server?
The Reports and ReportServer virual directories are both virtual directories in the default website and they use different .net frameworks. Is this even allowed? Do I need to create a new website to support one of the two engines?
Thanks!
The answer is YES. You must keep the SQL Server 2000 version as the default instance, and the SQL Server 2005 version as a named instance. Also,
The virtual directories must be unique
for each report server and Report
Manager instance.
You can use the same Web site for all
virtual directories. However, you
should create a separate application
pool for the SQL Server 2005 report
server and Report Manager
applications.
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